Tina Reed
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Medicaid enrollment to top 100 million
The number of Americans on Medicaid is expected to surpass 100 million as early as next month, according to a new projection from the Foundation for Government Accountability. → Read More
Biden faces COVID dilemma as a winter wave nears
Stealthy new COVID-19 variants, low vaccination rates and mixed messaging over the state of the pandemic threaten to thwart the Biden administration's efforts to contain a wintertime surge. → Read More
COVID drives U.S. life expectancy down nearly a full year
It's the latest evidence of the toll the pandemic took on Americans' health. → Read More
New dominant Omicron COVID subvariant defies immunity from previous infections
BA.5 is so catchy — and different enough from previous versions — that even those who've already caught Omicron may not have to wait long before winding up with the virus again. → Read More
The youngest Americans may finally get their COVID shots
Regulators will evaluate both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna shots this week. → Read More
Coffee associated with lower mortality risk
Coffee drinkers were less likely to die than abstainers over a seven-year window, according to a study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine. → Read More
COVID cases rise again in half the states
While case numbers for the U.S. as a whole are still dropping, a growing number of states have seen their own numbers being to rise again. → Read More
Cancer survival rates are changing
Historic drops for some cancers, like melanoma, while others are unchanged or getting worse. → Read More
Half of women will get a false positive 3D mammogram, study finds
Over a decade of annual screening, half of all women getting 3D mammograms will experience a false positive, a study published Friday in JAMA Network Open found. → Read More
The health worker shortage is starting to get real for Americans
More than half of all Americans say they've directly felt the effects of health care worker shortages, from canceled appointments to delayed surgeries, according to results from a CVS Health-Harris Poll National Health project provided to Axios. → Read More
Biden to announce "unity agenda" around cancer
President Joe Biden plans to use tonight's State of the Union address to try to rally Democrats and Republicans around efforts to "end cancer as we know it." → Read More
The U.S. needs a COVID forecast
As Omicron cases decline and mask mandates begin ending across the country, it's left many wondering what metrics are guiding these COVID restriction rollbacks. → Read More
What "mild" really means when it comes to Omicron
The Omicron variant doesn't cause as much severe illness as other variants have, but its "mild" symptoms can still be pretty unpleasant. → Read More
Overturning Roe could strain abortion access even in blue states
Clinics fear a crush of out-of-state demand. → Read More
Omicron fuels the case for COVID boosters
The emergence of the new COVID-19 variant may accelerate the debate over who is 'fully vaccinated.' → Read More
The road ahead for Biden's FDA nominee Robert Califf
It's already taken about 10 months for Biden to name a nominee for the permanent role. → Read More
59% of parents support school mask mandates
The states where GOP parents are most opposed aren't the ones we always hear about → Read More
America's in a COVID funk
Many Americans are giving up on public health measures. → Read More
COVID cases in kids are rising just as schools are coming back
While schools across the U.S. continue their return to in-person instruction, the experience of early pediatric surges across several states raise concerns about what lies ahead for kids. → Read More
America is hitting its vaccination ceiling
The U.S. needs to rework its tactics to make meaningful increases. → Read More